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Carefree French people, pictured here not checking their work emails. Breathless film still courtesy of Martin Pulaski • Accounting School Guide has made a useful (and telling) interactive graphic to demonstrate the practical breakdown of a “living wage” for each state ...

Not at all a waste of time and taxpayer money, nope. / Photo by Flying Puffin • In a baffling piece this week, The Economist informed us that gentrification in London is “cool,” and also that it is “real,” because of charts. • The latest advice column by Heather ...

Wall Street bro-brokers, circa 1920. / Photo courtesy of The U.S. Library of Congress • Watch Nomi Prins on yesterday’s Democracy Now! talking about the history of Wall Street and Washington bromances. • The Toledo Blade is filing a suit against the U.S. Department of ...

Oroluk Islet, Micronesia. / Photo by Angela K. Kepler • According to the Alameda, California Public Health Department, gentrification is making people sick. Destabilization and displacement of the poor isn’t just a socioeconomic issue, officials say: it’s a public ...

(This man pictured may or may not be on the market, may or may not be a billionaire. It wouldn’t hurt to ask.) / Photo by Alfvan Beem • “Two years after Chicago moved to reform its marijuana laws, a two-tiered system of justice remains firmly in place: while ...

Big doings these days on the Baffler blog, friends. Some salvos and sass from this past week, in case you missed them: • Bet you didn’t expect to see The Baffler have an opinion on Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian, did you? And why not? We have opinions about everything else. ...

Dorothea Dix / U.S. Library of Congress • Today is “404 Day,” organized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other groups to bring attention to Internet censorship in public libraries and schools. • Today is also the 212th birthday of Dorothea Dix, an activist ...

A protest against Google buses in San Francisco. Photo by Chris Martin • Mother Jones calls yesterday’s Google bus protest “the most San Francisco thing ever,” and has some excellent pictures to back it up. • From Prison Policy Initiative, a fascinating pie chart ...